Cocijo
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Cocijo is the Zapotec rain and storm deity, associated with fertility, lightning, and agricultural abundance in Mesoamerican religion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cocijo canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1421115 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cocijo Context triple: [Tlaloc, equivalentInZapotec, Cocijo]
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A.
Baščaršija
Baščaršija is Sarajevo’s historic Ottoman-era bazaar and cultural center, known for its narrow cobbled streets, traditional shops, and iconic architecture.
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B.
Ibzan
Ibzan is a minor biblical judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for his large family and brief period of leadership.
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C.
Sagarejo
Sagarejo is a town in eastern Georgia that serves as an important local center in the Kakheti wine-producing region.
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D.
Hernici
The Hernici were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, known for their early alliance and later conflicts with the expanding Roman Republic.
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E.
Cimla
Cimla is a residential suburb and community situated near the town of Neath in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cocijo Target entity description: Cocijo is the Zapotec rain and storm deity, associated with fertility, lightning, and agricultural abundance in Mesoamerican religion.
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A.
Baščaršija
Baščaršija is Sarajevo’s historic Ottoman-era bazaar and cultural center, known for its narrow cobbled streets, traditional shops, and iconic architecture.
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B.
Ibzan
Ibzan is a minor biblical judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for his large family and brief period of leadership.
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C.
Sagarejo
Sagarejo is a town in eastern Georgia that serves as an important local center in the Kakheti wine-producing region.
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D.
Hernici
The Hernici were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, known for their early alliance and later conflicts with the expanding Roman Republic.
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E.
Cimla
Cimla is a residential suburb and community situated near the town of Neath in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican deity
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Zapotec deity ⓘ deity ⓘ rain deity ⓘ storm deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agricultural abundance
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agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ lightning ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ |
| category |
Mesoamerican mythology
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Rain gods ⓘ Zapotec gods ⓘ |
| culture | Zapotec civilization ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
figure with fanged mouth
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figure with goggle-like eyes ⓘ figure with jaguar features ⓘ figure with serpent features ⓘ |
| equatedWith |
Chaac
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Tlaloc ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
fields
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sky ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
agricultural fertility rites
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rain-calling ceremonies ⓘ |
| influenced | Zapotec calendar rituals ⓘ |
| languageOrigin |
Zapotec language
ⓘ
linked to:
Zapotec
|
| mythologicalRole |
bringer of rain
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provider of agricultural fertility ⓘ |
| religion | Zapotec religion ⓘ |
| symbol |
clouds
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lightning bolt ⓘ rain drops ⓘ serpents ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classic period Mesoamerica
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linked to:
Classic period in Mesoamerica
Pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| worshipedBy | Zapotecs ⓘ |
| worshipedIn |
Mitla
ⓘ
Monte Albán ⓘ Oaxaca region ⓘ
linked to:
Oaxaca state
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cocijo Description of subject: Cocijo is the Zapotec rain and storm deity, associated with fertility, lightning, and agricultural abundance in Mesoamerican religion.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.